🦭Caribbean monk seal

Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)

카리브해몽크물범(Neomonachus tropicalis) 혹은 카리브해수도사물범은 카리브해에 살던 몽크물범의 일종이다. 카리브해에 많이 서식하였으나 남획과 물고기의 감소로 수가 줄어들어 1952년 세라닐라뱅크 비컨케이섬에서 마지막으로 자취를 감추었다. 인간의 남획으로 멸종된 최초의 물범이다.

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vs you

≈ 4.4× your weight

Conservation status

Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Monachus tropicalis yet.

Key measurements

Body mass: 270 kg
Body length: 2.4 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Everything we know about the Caribbean monk seal

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass

270 kgmaximum recorded

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Body length

2.4 mmaximum recorded, total length

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Volume l

270 Laverage

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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Caribbean monk seal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumChordata
subphylumCraniata
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
superclassSarcopterygii
superclassTetrapoda
classMammals · Mammalia
subclassTheria
superorderLaurasiatheria
orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
suborderCaniformia
familyPhocidae
genusNeomonachus

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Karibische Mönchsrobbe (de), Mniszka karaibska (pl), Monachus tropicalis (ca), Monachus tropicalis (es), floridanhylje (fi), Monachus tropicalis (fr) … and 23 more languages

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